Brian Musgrave was out buying bird seed when he got the first hint that his life was about to be turned upside down. The text from someone he didn’t know just said he was going to be mentioned by South Carolina Rep.

South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace was slammed for “lies” in a defamation lawsuit filed by the man she called a “predator,” setting up a potential legal fight over free speech privileges granted to Congress members.

Brian Musgrave told CNN that he was blindsided by the claims raised against him by Mace and "absolutely" denies any wrongdoing